# Howick College

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{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2013}}
{{Infobox school
| name        = Howick College
| seal_image  = Howick College logo.jpg
| image       = Howick College.jpg
| motto       = Inspiring a community of passionate learners.
''Whakamanawahia tētehi hapori o ngā ākonga hihiri''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/ |title=Howick College |access-date=5 July 2016}}</ref>
| fundingtype = [State](/source/State_school)
| gender      = [Co-educational](/source/Co-educational)
| years       = 9–13
| established = 1974
| address     = Sandspit Road<br>[Cockle Bay](/source/Cockle_Bay%2C_New_Zealand)<br>[Auckland](/source/Auckland) 2014<br>New Zealand
| coordinates = {{coord|-36.9071|174.9389|region:NZ-AKL_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| principal   = Dale Burden
| enrollment  = {{NZ school roll data|87|y||y}} <small>({{NZ school roll data|||y}})</small>
| decile      = 8Pv<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Documents/School/Running-a-school/Resourcing/DecileChanges-20142015-1.xls|title=Decile Change 2014 to 2015 for State & State Integrated Schools|publisher=Ministry of Education|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>
| MOE         = 87
| website     = {{URL|http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/}}
}}

'''Howick College''' is a [state](/source/state_school) co-educational [secondary school](/source/secondary_school) located in the eastern [Auckland](/source/Auckland), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) suburb of [Cockle Bay](/source/Cockle_Bay%2C_New_Zealand). Serving Years 9 to 13, the school has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|87|y}} students as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}

==History==
Howick College was established in 1974 to serve the [Howick](/source/Howick%2C_New_Zealand) area of eastern [Auckland](/source/Auckland).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/uploaded/file/downloads/Signed%20Charter%202013.pdf|title=Howick College Charter 2013–15|publisher= Howick College Board of Trustees|access-date=28 August 2013}}{{dead link|date=November 2017|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> The school was built to the ["S68" design](/source/New_Zealand_standard_school_buildings), characterised by single-storey classroom blocks with reinforced masonry walls, low-pitched roofs, internal open courtyards and protruding clerestory windows.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.education.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Primary-Secondary/Property/Fixing-issues/Earthquake-resilience/Catalogue-of-Standard-Building-Types-EQR.pdf|title=Catalogue of Standard School Building Types|publisher=Ministry of Education|location=Christchurch|pp=43–46|date=August 2013}}</ref>

The school abolished [corporal punishment of students](/source/school_corporal_punishment) before it even opened, becoming one of the first schools in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) to do so. [Corporal punishment](/source/Corporal_punishment) was abolished nationwide sixteen years later, in July 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.times.co.nz/1987/college-votes-to-ban-corporal-punishment.html|title=College votes to ban corporal punishment|work=Howick and Pakuranga Times|date=19 October 1987|access-date=28 August 2013|archive-date=20 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130620024732/http://www.times.co.nz/1987/college-votes-to-ban-corporal-punishment.html}}</ref>

==Enrolment==
At the August 2012 [Education Review Office](/source/Education_Review_Office_(New_Zealand)) (ERO) review of the school, Howick College had 1806 students enrolled, including 48 [international student](/source/international_student)s. The school roll's gender composition was 52% male and 48% female; and its ethnic composition was 47% [European New Zealanders](/source/European_New_Zealanders) (Pākehā), 14% Other European, 13% [Māori](/source/M%C4%81ori_people), 8% [Asian](/source/Asian_New_Zealanders), 5% [Pasifika](/source/Pasifika_New_Zealanders), 6% [Indian](/source/Indian_New_Zealanders), and 6% Other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/uploaded/file/downloads/ERO%20report%202015.pdf|title=Howick College Education Review|date=October 2015|publisher=Education Review Office|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>

As of {{NZ school roll data|3=y}}, Howick College has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|87|y}} students, of which {{NZ school roll data|87m|y}} ({{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|87m|y}}|R}}/{{formatnum:{{NZ school roll data|87|y}}|R}}*100|1}}%) identify as Māori.{{NZ school roll data|4=y}}

As of {{NZ school equity index data|203||y|||}}, the school has an [Equity Index](/source/Equity_Index_(New_Zealand)) of {{NZ school equity index data|87|y||||}},{{NZ school equity index data|28|||y||}} placing it amongst schools whose students have {{NZ school equity index data|87b|y||||}} socioeconomic barriers to achievement (roughly equivalent to deciles 5 and 6 under the former [socio-economic decile](/source/Socioeconomic_decile) system).<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=School Equity Index Bands and Groups |url=https://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/data-services/guidelines/school-equity-index-bands-and-groups |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=www.educationcounts.govt.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

The school zone encompasses the Somerville, Cockle Bay, [Shelly Park](/source/Shelly_Park), and [Pōhutukawa Coast](/source/P%C5%8Dhutukawa_Coast) area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garden |first=Zoe |date=2022-01-25 |title=High school in Beachlands dependent on residential developments |url=https://www.times.co.nz/news/high-school-in-beachlands-dependent-on-residential-developments/ |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=Times |language=en-NZ}}</ref> It also has a steady out of zone population, with dedicated bus services extending to parts of East and South Auckland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=School Bus Services |url=https://www.howickcollege.school.nz/school-bus-services |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=Howick College |language=en}}</ref>

==House system==
Howick College has six [school houses](/source/house_system):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/about/houses/|title=Houses|publisher=Howick College|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| bgcolor=green width=3% colspan=2| || '''Bacot''' || Named after John Thomas Watson Bacot, a surgeon who came out to the Howick area with the Fencibles.
|-
| bgcolor=blue width=3% colspan=2'| || '''Bell''' ||| Named after the building Bell House situated at the Howick Colonial Village.
|-
| bgcolor=orange colspan=2| || '''Ingham''' || Named after the first principal of Howick College, Mr Don Ingham.
|-
| bgcolor=gold| || bgcolor=purple| || '''Irvine''' || Named after one of the early English settlers, Captain John Irvine.
|-
| bgcolor=red width=3% colspan=2'| || '''MacDonald''' || Named after Captain Alexander MacDonald, who was voted into the position of Warden of Howick.
|-
| bgcolor=pink colspan=2| || '''Minerva''' || Named after one of the first ships "Minerva" which transported the first settlers and Fencibles to Howick in 1847.
|}

==Principals==
* Don Ingham 1974–1991
* Bill Dimery 1992–2009
* Iva Ropati 2010–2022
* Dale Burden 2023–

==Notable alumni==
{{main category|People educated at Howick College}}
*[Brent Cooper](/source/Brent_Cooper_(judoka)) (born 1960), judoka who won a gold medal at the [1990 Commonwealth Games](/source/1990_Commonwealth_Games) and placed fifth in the [1988 Olympic Games](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics)
*[Anthony Gelling](/source/Anthony_Gelling) (born 1990), Cook Islands [Rugby league](/source/Rugby_league) player who currently plays for [Wigan Warriors](/source/Wigan_Warriors) in the [Super League](/source/Super_League)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://placings.co.nz/alksstfalk2007/athlete/15816.html|work=Auckland Secondary Schools' Track and Field Qualifying Days 2007|title=Anthony Gelling|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref> 
*[Selina Goddard](/source/Selina_Goddard) (born 1994), lawn bowls player, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist (2014 Glasgow)<ref>{{cite news |last=Johannsen |first=Dana|date=23 April 2014|title=Youngsters the fresh face of bowls|url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11242735 |work=[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald) |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>
*[Christopher Luxon](/source/Christopher_Luxon) (born 1970), Prime Minister of New Zealand, Member of Parliament for [Botany](/source/Botany_(New_Zealand_electorate)), and former CEO of [Air New Zealand](/source/Air_New_Zealand)<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Christopher |url=https://christopherluxon.national.org.nz/about_christopher |access-date=2020-10-25 |website=Christopher Luxon |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212517/https://christopherluxon.national.org.nz/about_christopher |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[Tom McCartney](/source/Tom_McCartney) (born 1985), [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player with the [Blues](/source/Blues_(Super_Rugby))<ref>{{cite news|last=Gray |first=Wynne|title=McCartney the latest hooker on Blues bench |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10634331 |access-date=23 June 2018 |work=[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald)| date=26 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://theblues.co.nz/tom-mccartney-set-bring-50/ |work=Blues|date=6 July 2012 |title=Tom McCartney set to bring up the 50|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>
*[Mitchell McClenaghan](/source/Mitchell_McClenaghan) (born 1986), cricketer with the [Blackcaps](/source/New_Zealand_national_cricket_team)<ref>{{cite news |last=Leggat |first=Daniel|title=McClenaghan makes up for lost time |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10782463 |work=[The New Zealand Herald](/source/The_New_Zealand_Herald) |access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rawlinson |first=Jon|title=A place for pace in England|url= http://www.times.co.nz/sports-news/a-place-for-pace-in-england.html |work=Howick and Pakuranga Times |access-date=16 March 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140317022507/http://www.times.co.nz/sports-news/a-place-for-pace-in-england.html|archive-date=17 March 2014}}</ref>
*[Jessica Mutch McKay](/source/Jessica_Mutch_McKay), TVNZ political editor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Howick College |url= https://www.facebook.com/howickcollege/photos/a.1029461120398641/2573974052613999/?type=3 |access-date=2020-10-25 |via=Facebook |language=en}}</ref>
*[Katrina Rore](/source/Katrina_Rore) (née Grant; born 1987), netball player, captain of [Central Pulse](/source/Central_Pulse) and a member of the [Silver ferns](/source/New_Zealand_national_netball_team)
*[Dan Williamson](/source/Dan_Williamson) (born 2000), Olympic gold medallist in rowing<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Williamson |url= https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Person?Action=Profile&Person_id=20845 |publisher=[Rowing New Zealand](/source/Rowing_New_Zealand) |access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref>

==Cultural references==
In the ''[bro'Town](/source/bro'Town)'' première episode "The Weakest Link" (2004), one of the schools competing in the high school quiz challenge is named "Howick [Beijing](/source/Beijing) College", a reference to the Howick area's large Chinese migrant population.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/brotown-weakest-link-2004|title=bro'Town – The Weakest Link|publisher=NZ On Screen|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.howickcollege.school.nz/ School website]
*[https://archive.today/20130413235127/http://www.ero.govt.nz/Early-Childhood-School-Reports/School-Reports?profileid=87 Education Review Office (ERO) reports for Howick College]

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